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...﻿“The Prince” originally written for princes and rulers is a book written with monarchies in mind, describing how to rule in all different varieties of monarchies; from dynasties to newly developing monarchies. This book also goes into great detail of how to maintain existing monarchies or how to conquer and keep them under your rule. Older monarchies or dynasties are tougher to conquer and keep because if you cannot win the hearts of the people they will rebel to restore power to their beloved leader they watched grow in front of their eyes. Once conquered you must remember to have the people be partial to your conduct. You can rule with an iron fist or a soft heart but you must show strength while being sensitive to the people you now rule. This is very important as your army is never as strong as the people you conquer and you will need them on your side when to control you new land. When Louis the XII took over Milan he made this same mistake along with a few others that Machiavelli goes into detail about. When Louis conquered the land he promised the people of Milan that he will be a great leader and that they needed him. Once in power the people were not impressed and overthrew his rule to bring back their existing ruler. The people of Milan found that the grass was not greener and wanted to get things back to the way they were. Machivelli also speaks about that when taking over a foreign land that is unknown to you, you must...

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The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics. The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal.
The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes—such as glory and survival—can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends
Points made in the book
Princes who rise to power through their own skill and resources (their "virtue") rather than luck tend to have a hard time rising to the top, but once they reach the top they are very secure in their position. This is because they effectively crush their opponents and earn great respect from everyone else. Because they are strong and more self-sufficient, they have to make fewer compromises with their allies. According to Machiavelli, when a prince comes to power through luck or the blessings of powerful figures within the regime, he typically has an...

...“The Prince”
Nicolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, which has been used by many to learn and understand his realistic political theory. In the text, Machiavelli depicts his very flagrant and stark outlook of human nature. He also goes into explaining why he feels that most human beings are wretched, selfish creatures. Hence his political theory, being is for a prince to control his people is to have them fear him. With my own personal experiences in life, I would have to agree with Machiavelli’s opinion about people and their stingy, self-centered ways.
In chapter 17 of The Prince, Machiavelli’s famous question arises, “Whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when of the two, either must be dispensed with.” (Machiavelli) It is impossible for people to love and fear their prince equally. Which makes it safer that a prince to control his people with fear. Even though he states that people should fear their leader, they should never hate him.
Machiavelli indicates that a number of traits are instinctive in human nature. For example, “In general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life...

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In The Prince, Machiavelli introduced a completely different idea of what is a stable government and his definition of what virtue is compared to previous philosophers such as Thucydides, Socrates, etc. Previous, classical philosophers associated virtue with the good in life. In their eyes, a virtuous man is an honorable man. In The Republic of Plato, Socrates defines virtue as doing something well and in The Prince Machiavelli defines virtue as your ability to do something. Both philosophers connect their definition with how a city must be run effectively; however, the way they associate virtue with their ideal city and how they define it is not the same.
In the philosophy of Socrates, his idea of the “Myth of Metals” he believes anyone who stays true to their metal and practices it exceptionally well, they become a virtuous man. The myth of metals, also known as the noble lie, is determined by the earth and contributed to the ideal state. Also related to Socrates idea of the myth of metals and the ideal state is the separation of classes within a state into three classes. Those three classes are the producers, the auxiliaries, and the guardians. The guardians are the philosophers who guide and administrate the city by producing laws and ideas. The auxiliaries are the ones who defend and protect the city by carrying out the laws created by the...

...realpolitik is addressed in Machiavelli’s The Prince. Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 and grew up in Florence, which was a humanist city-state right in the center of the Renaissance. Machiavelli’s father, as a Tuscan, who was both an attorney and humanist, focused heavily on his education hired private tutors to teach Machiavelli. According to his father, Machiavelli, like other Tuscans, was a bright individual who was steeped in classical history while growing up, learned Latin at the age of seven, and later wrote his own compositions in Latin1. Moreover, Machiavelli read Cicero’s Philippics and Livy’s history, both of which influenced him greatly. Upon the fall of the Medici family in 14942, France realized how easy it was to take over these city-states because of Florence’s lack of standing army. Due to the support of France, Medici’s rule of Florence fell and Florence, under the rule of Machiavelli, becomes a Republic until 1512. From this point onwards, France continues to act like a shadow that hung over Italian politics until Florence allying with Spain eventually drove them out. A power imbalance and between France and Italy’s decentralized city-states led to the writing of The Prince as a plea of the unification of Italy during Machiavelli’s exile It was hoped that the consolidation of a unified Italy under the consequential rule of a prince may shield the Italian state from foreign invasion.
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...Machiavelli in The Prince, which was in essence a ruler's handbook to governing and maintaining his land. Machiavelli conjured his theories for government by basing his ideas in his belief that men, especially men in power, tend to follow the same directions, and therefore by looking at past leaders and their follies we can better determine how to run a state. "Men are always the same and are animated by the same passions that lead them fatally to the same decisions, acts, an results . That one can foresee the course of political development by mediating upon the cycles and phases of historical events, and that essential to a statesman is not only the experience of modern events and constant study of the past. But also the ability to exploit this knowledge in actual political actions."
One of the ways a Prince or ruler is to exploit this knowledge is to understand that one of the most important things a ruler must be focused on is war. In order for a nation, empire, or state to remain and continue in its strength its leader must build its foundation on military strength and know the art of war'. "Military power is the foundation and strength of the state. Persuasion alone is not enough for men are bad and inconstant." "A prince therefore must have no other object or thought nor acquire skill in anything, except war, its organization, and its discipline. The art of war is all that is expected of a ruler; and it is so useful...

...Analysis of The Prince
Niccoló Machiavelli, famous Italian political philosopher and author of The Prince, was the first to develop the idea that political morality differs from and is not bounded by the usual ethical norms and insists that power is the decisive factor in political life. Within The Prince, Machiavelli blames earlier political writers for having discussed republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality and for concerning themselves with how men ought to live instead of how men actually live. Because Machiavelli bases his arguments on inherent human character, he argues that people are undependable by nature and maintains that it is better to be feared than loved if a union of the two is not possible. Machiavelli’s notion of maintaining leadership through fear instead of compassion is the most suitable virtue for sustaining power, because he accurately discerns the nature of men to turn against their prince when remote danger is neighboring. Such fear employed by leaders would exhibit greater loyalty amongst citizens, because it is easy to break a bond of love and leniency when a situation arises, but the fear of punishment is always effective.
Machiavelli argues that commitments made in comfort are not always kept during moments of uncertainty, however commitments made out of fear are ordinarily kept out of the feasibility of punishment. He argues, “And men...

...The Prince: Analysis Paper
Good Qualities of a Leader:
A good leader is one who does not promote liberality because liberality makes the leader despised, hated and poor. If he is despised by the people, the people will arrange a conspiracy against the prince; therefore, the prince needs to satisfy the people to some extent (Machiavelli 3). To do this the prince will arm the people and soldiers (5). Nicolo Machiavelli also states another quality that the prince must lack is greed and abuse of woman (3). Machiavelli’s ideal leader uses meanness and cruelty as a weapon to instill peace and loyalty (1). The good leader is merciless so disorders like robberies and or murders cannot arise (1). A wise leader can carefully utilize wealth properly avoiding poverty (1). A wise leader is feared rather than loved by the people in order to discipline the people and restricting their popular power (2). The leader has manipulated the political and militaristic issues to be in his favor so that he may retain his power (2). A successful prince must use deception to “maintain the state, to act contrary to faith, friendship, humanity, and religion” (3). It is also imperative that the prince that he keep the strong (aristocrats, bureaucrats, and the soldiers) his friends so that he may maintain power during his reign. I believe that these qualities surely are the basic characteristics that...